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  1. How are you guys organizing your CV in terms of length - i have worked for several years, have many reports and publications and field work - so it fills up about 9 pages. But is the goal to be more concise or detailed.
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    SOP swap

    Okay, i have an SOP to swap. Socio-cultural. Anyone interested, or if you want to just look at mine and comment - thats also fine. I just cant look at mine anymore and i know it needs proofing.
  3. Thank you guys for sharing your experiences. Makes alot of sense. Gives me ideas how to strategize contacting POI and keeping balanced expectations.
  4. Right, i see what your saying. Well, I have ample research experience as I have been working professionally for several years now - so thats not a problem. But like you said - even when i contacted professors - i felt really good when they replied and said anything - it was a real nice 'feel good about myself' feeling - but i dont know at the end of it if it really adds value in the application process or just takes up time. Some students I contacted in these departments actually mentioned they had never contacted POIs in the process and some post-docs i have talked to said the same. So, im really curious about stories of people who are talking to professors on the phone, visiting departments and meeting everyone - that just doesnt to be happening for me - and also i dont know if its really worth putting energy into. One of the clear message I have gotten in my email to POI is this "we select students as a a group, we look at fit to entire department and overall university resources and opportunities" - there is a bit of discouragement in focusing on single POI but rather appealing to the range of scholarship in a department and the value that holds to one's topic.
  5. So I would like peoples thoughts and experiences on contacting POI and visiting schools. Last year, I applied for the first time and heard from about 40 percent of the POIs I contacted. However, I cannot really determine if contacting them was of any use. Most everyone encouraged me to apply and usually had something very formulaic to say about the admisisons process, their program etc etc.Several recommended other people in their department and as well as other department to contact - so that was useful. However, overall I did not benefit from this process and effort in contacting POIs. My interaction did not develop into a phone call and I couldnt visit as I was working outside of the US. I did not see how to maintain a relationship 'throughout the admissions process' as many have suggested because many are very reserved about their statements and someone even outright said they cannot say further as it biases the admissions process. I think I am really not sure what to say to them as I can pretty much determine if I match their interests by looking at their work and publications. So all i really do is introduce myself, ask if my interests fit their program and ask if their taking graduate students? I have read other people visiting schools and talking to POIs on the phone - and to me thats just seems impossible considering the type of response I have been getting. So this mystery about how you develop a relationship or interaction with your the department and POI - can someone really it breakdown for me? For now, I have put contacting POIs very low on my priority list. Someone needs to convince me otherwise? I am back in the US for a few months and I am open to visiting schools - however, again how does one arrange that and is that really worth investing in vs just focusing on writing my SOP and applying for funding that takes a lot of time?? Thanks
  6. Well, I can say this - i have been gathering acceptance rates for some of my schools of interest - the ones you listed are at the higher end. Again, its quite relative.
  7. Hey All, I just wanted to get some thoughts on those have experiences or feedback on reapplying to schools you were wait listed to in the first year. Here it goes: I was waitlisted to a very good social anthropology program, had an interview and then did not make it through. However, the fact that I was among a small group of waitlisted candidates I assume meant that my academic/professional record and my especially my SOP was good and pretty competitive. Now that I am reapplying to this particular department - what should i change or improve? My academic and professional record obviously has not changed much over the last few months since I applied and nothing I can change about that. In terms of my recommendations - i dont see any changes I can make there either. So that leaves my SOP that I can really only work on - now the fact that I was waitlisted means that the SOP was pretty good for this department and appropriate - I am a bit worried that if I redoing it will change too much and I may do something wrong - that may make me less of a 'fit'. So my question is really how much should my topic change? How much should my SOP change overall? I mean should the really good beginning paragraph be the same etc etc? Or should i improve the just writing? At the same time I also feel silly sending in exactly the same application? So how much should my application evolve? Unfortunately, this particular department is very closed and I have not been able to get any feedback from the admissions folks or professors. Other than that, any experienced folks who are willing to give feedback on SOPs - I would like really like to share and get some input. Thank you
  8. Hey guys I wanted to get a sense how many of you who applied the second time around contacted their POI and got feedback on their applications. What did you say in the email? How many professors actually responded? Im starting to do that and am wondering how should i phrase, and what should my expectation be. Thanks
  9. Yah i agree to the clearing your head idea but the challenge i have is im so anxious to do something on my topic and im really losing interest in my current job that pays well but is boring. Im planning to start a small research on my topic and publish before the next round, probably take some summer workshops on ethnography as well. Good luck everyone in the next round.
  10. Hey Melina- that's good to know. I think I will just wait till the 15th and then email them afterwards. I just hope it doesn't get too delayed after that. Do you have any idea how many are waitlisted generally - someone told me it's small - 3-5 max ? I've heard people have gotten off the wait list in previous years but not always - so I'm pretty anxious about it. Well, good luck- hope we both get in:)
  11. so ive been listed with stanford since end Feb and i havent followed up. I thought I would wait till April 15th. However, I need to go forward with future plans - i dont have other acceptances - but good job offers that im missing opportunities for research work to increase my chances next year. Is emailing the admissions coordination or someone else worth it - POIs at stanford dont really responsd, so i dont know if their worth contacting? Any thoughts?
  12. did someone pay you to write this???
  13. anyone here got into stanford and not planning on going, im waitlisted and wondering what my chances are? Someone told me they have a small waiting list but usually people end up going....
  14. Hmm, I also got the email for the program. However, I already have Masters from the UK- so im not what would be the point for me to apply. However, the creating "your own degree" sounds great after getting so many rejections - maybe its marketing technique for rejects...hehe
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